5TN-33695-82865

3 vaccinations 13 coded responses 39 check-ins 13 free-text entries 1 call case

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 21-25
ZIP prefix: 115 / NY
Registered: 2021-03-23

Relationship: Self
Race: White
Ethnicity: Not Hispanic or Latino

Timeline

Registration Vaccinations Survey responses Call reports Cases without a report Call attempts Call successful Pregnancy survey

2021-03-23
Registered in v-safe
2021-03-23
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-03-23
Health check-in — day 0, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea

Adult check-in
2021-03-24
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Injection site pain — Feeling: Good · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea

Free text: Soreness in upper arm where injection was given

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-25
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-03-26
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Fair · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-03-27
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-28
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · Fatigue or tiredness

Adult check-in
2021-03-29
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-03-30
Health check-in — day 7, dose 1
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-06
Health check-in — day 14, dose 1
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-13
Health check-in — day 21, dose 1
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-04-14
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-04-14
Health check-in — day 0, dose 2
Feeling: Good · Headache

Adult check-in
2021-04-15
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Injection site bruising — Feeling: Poor · Fever · Chills, Headache, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea, Vomiting, Abdominal pain · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Small bruising around injection site

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-16
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Injection site bruising — Feeling: Good · Headache, Fatigue or tiredness

Free text: There is still some small bruising around the injection site

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-17
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-18
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-19
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-21
Health check-in — day 7, dose 2
Feeling: Good · None

Adult check-in
2021-04-28
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-05
Health check-in — day 21, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-12
Health check-in — day 28, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-19
Health check-in — day 35, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-05-26
Health check-in — day 42, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-07-14
Survey response — 3 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Abdominal pain upper, Diarrhoea — Feeling: Good

Free text: Diarrhea and bad stomach aches for at least 2-3 weeks now.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-13
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 2
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2021-12-20
Dose 3 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-12-20
Health check-in — day 0, dose 3
Feeling: Good · Site: Pain · Headache

Adult check-in
2021-12-21
Health check-in — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain · Fever · Chills, Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea · Be unable to work or attend school, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Adult check-in
2021-12-22
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
MedDRA: Chest pain, Injection site warmth, Lymphadenopathy, Paraesthesia — Feeling: Fair · Site: Pain · Headache, Joint pains

Free text: On and off slight chest pain, lymph node swelling near injection, and injection arm warmth/pins and needles

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-12-23
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
MedDRA: Ear congestion, Oropharyngeal pain — Feeling: Good · Site: Pain

Free text: Slight sore throat and ear congestion

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-12-24
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
MedDRA: Ear congestion — Feeling: Fair · Headache, Nausea

Free text: Ear Congestion

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-12-25
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
MedDRA: Oropharyngeal pain, Sinus congestion — Feeling: Poor · Headache · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Sinus congestion, sore throat

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-12-26
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 3
MedDRA: Chest pain, Sinus congestion — Feeling: Fair · Headache, Nausea

Free text: Chest pains, sinus congestion

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-12-27
Survey response — day 7, dose 3
MedDRA: Chest pain, Ear congestion, Ear pain, Office visit — Feeling: Fair · Headache, Nausea · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Systemic reaction (other): Ear pain/congestion and some chest pain · Healthcare visit (other): Annual physical exam where I am discussing how I feel after booster

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-12-27
Report sent to call center — day 7, dose 3
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-12-28
Call successful
Participant prefers to complete VAERS report online
2022-01-03
Survey response — day 14, dose 3
MedDRA: Chest pain, Ear congestion, Headache, Vertigo — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Still have ear congestion, some random chest pains, and vertigo and headaches due to ear congestion. Ear congestion started the night after I got the vaccine

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-01-10
Health check-in — day 21, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-01-17
Survey response — day 28, dose 3
MedDRA: Dizziness, Ear discomfort, Head discomfort, Headache, Respiratory tract congestion — Feeling: Fair

Free text: headaches have gotten slightly worse, dizziness is still present sometimes, and ears/head still feel pressurized/clogged

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-01-24
Survey response — day 35, dose 3
MedDRA: Ear congestion — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Ear congestion hasn't gone away since the night after getting the vaccine.

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2022-01-31
Health check-in — day 42, dose 3
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2022-06-20
Health check-in — 6 months, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in
2022-12-20
Health check-in — 12 months, dose 3
Feeling: Good

Adult check-in

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-03-23	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-04-14	Pfizer-BioNTech
3	2021-12-20	Pfizer-BioNTech	No

Call center

1 call center case

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Free text

Release 6 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-03-24

Systemic reaction (other): Soreness in upper arm where injection was given

Release 7 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-04-15

Systemic reaction (other): Small bruising around injection site

2021-04-16

Systemic reaction (other): There is still some small bruising around the injection site

Release 9 — 3 months, dose 2

2021-07-14

Symptoms: Diarrhea and bad stomach aches for at least 2-3 weeks now.

Release 10 — days 1–6 daily, dose 3

2021-12-22

Systemic reaction (other): On and off slight chest pain, lymph node swelling near injection, and injection arm warmth/pins and needles

2021-12-23

Systemic reaction (other): Slight sore throat and ear congestion

2021-12-24

Systemic reaction (other): Ear Congestion

2021-12-25

Systemic reaction (other): Sinus congestion, sore throat

2021-12-26

Systemic reaction (other): Chest pains, sinus congestion

Release 10 — day 7, dose 3

2021-12-27

Systemic reaction (other): Ear pain/congestion and some chest pain

Healthcare visit (other): Annual physical exam where I am discussing how I feel after booster

Release 10 — day 14, dose 3

2022-01-03

Symptoms: Still have ear congestion, some random chest pains, and vertigo and headaches due to ear congestion. Ear congestion started the night after I got the vaccine

Release 10 — day 28, dose 3

2022-01-17

Symptoms: headaches have gotten slightly worse, dizziness is still present sometimes, and ears/head still feel pressurized/clogged

Release 11 — day 35, dose 3

2022-01-24

Symptoms: Ear congestion hasn't gone away since the night after getting the vaccine.

Each entry is dated by the survey it was written in (the CDC re-sent the releases with survey dates in 2025); click a date to see that survey response. The CDC cut some text off at about 250 characters: symptoms in every release, and the other two fields in releases 9-12. Those entries are marked "cut off by CDC".

MedDRA terms by release

Field	Preferred term	2021-09	2023-04	2024-11
HCVO	Office visit	·	·	✓
SD	Abdominal pain upper	✓	✓	✓
SD	Chest pain	·	·	✓
SD	Diarrhoea	✓	✓	✓
SD	Dizziness	·	·	✓
SD	Ear congestion	·	·	✓
SD	Ear discomfort	·	·	✓
SD	Head discomfort	·	·	✓
SD	Headache	·	·	✓
SD	Respiratory tract congestion	·	·	✓
SD	Vertigo	·	·	✓
SRO	Chest pain	·	·	✓
SRO	Ear congestion	·	·	✓
SRO	Ear pain	·	·	✓
SRO	Injection site bruising	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Injection site pain	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Injection site warmth	·	·	✓
SRO	Lymphadenopathy	·	·	✓
SRO	Oropharyngeal pain	·	·	✓
SRO	Paraesthesia	·	·	✓
SRO	Sinus congestion	·	·	✓

✓ active code · ○ coded but marked inactive · blank = not in that release